App launches allowing investors to offset portfolios
‘Offsetting in any capacity doesn’t let companies off the hook’ but allows investors to take action now
Technology
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AGM trends: ‘Companies need to consider climate to avoid adverse publicity’
Greater scrutiny across all ESG factors as online meetings double over past year
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Investing in the theme of connecting people
Liontrust’s Parker says infrastructure asset owners and innovative communications technology companies are good ways to play this theme
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‘We cannot be socially responsible investors without putting a critical focus on human rights’
Rathbone Greenbank Investment’s Elliot says implement a robust set of processes for assessing human rights risks
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Tech risks could turn the sector into a ‘sustainability disaster’
Tech sustainability solutions can also be the sector’s biggest risks, including in supply chains, taxation and data privacy
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Columbia Climate School: Investors must prepare for ‘multi-hazard’ climate risk
A partnership between AllianceBernstein and Columbia Climate School looks to improve understanding of climate change risks and help financial firms prepare
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Podcast: Technology must look after environment and society
Introducing a new sector special podcast series starting with a deep dive into technology
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Is the US closer to net zero than Europe?
Results impacted by higher tech weighting in the US and higher materials weighting in Europe
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The innovators key to tomorrow’s prosperity
For World Population Day, Nordea fund managers highlight three themes targeting pressing social issues
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Digital inclusion needed to drive network-wide sustainability
‘While connectivity may seem unrelated to sustainability, it underpins everything we do’
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ESG gains traction in China tech
Regulatory and social pressure is forcing Chinese tech companies to integrate environmental practices, according to Eastspring Investments.
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How the digital revolution is transforming blended finance solutions
UNCDF’s Henri Dommel explores how digital technologies are boosting financing of the SDGs